WELCOME TO OUR FIRST EVENT
Ignite Orlando

WHY IGNITE ORLANDO

HISTORY OF IGNITE
Ignite started in Seattle at a
bar in 2006.
\"We knew it was going to be great,
but we didn't know it
was going to be this great!\"
- Brady Forrest
Brady Forrest Bre Pettis

WHAT IS IGNITE
- 5 minutes - Assigned a project
- 20 slides - Split into small teams
- 15 seconds each slide auto advance - Make Something

WHY 5 MINUTE PRESENTATIONS
It makes for an exciting time. The speaker does
not know when the slide will switch or maybe
that it has already switched. At the end of their
presentation it will be very clear when it is time
for them to come off the stage.

WHY A MAKE PROJECT
It will make you network with other
people that you do not already know!
Not to mention it will make for great
event photos!

HOW WILL THE COORDINATORS
- Access to alcohol
- Free downtown parking
- Keep the presentations moving
- Keep the event simple

HOW WILL YOU IN THE AUDIENCE,
- Don’t heckle the presenters
- Meet someone knew
- Get in front of a camera
- During the Make Project, do not
team up with anyone you know!

HOW CAN YOU AS THE PRESENTER
If You Get Stuck, Make Something Up!
You will stumble, what is important is how
you recover!

HELP ENSURE THE FUTURE SUCCESS
- Tease your friends and tell them that
they really missed out
- Tag everything as igniteorlando
- Blog about it!
- Nag me about the next event!

MEET YOUR IGNITE TALK
Gregg Pollack
Email: Gregg@railsenvy.com
Twitter: @greggpollack
Website: RailsEnvy.com

MEET YOUR MAKE PROJECT
Tyler Hunt
Email: tyler@tylerhunt.com
Twitter: @tylerhunt
Website: Devoh.com

MEET THE PHOTOGRAPHER
Adam Wiggall
Twitter: @turnandface
Website: TurnAndFace.com

YOUR EVENT COORDINATOR
Dan Kinchen
Email: dan@oness.com
Twitter: @igotdreams
Website: Oness.com

SPONSORS

Act I
Obama's Stimulus in Orlando Gregg Pollack
300 Seconds of OAuth Tim Rosenblatt
Nerdapalooza John hex Carter
OpenID vs. Facebook Connect vs. Google
Derek Gallo
Friend Connect
What are you doing? Eric Marden
My Social Media Roadtrip Mark Krupinski
Freelance in the new Economy Cory Collier

OBAMA'S STIMULUS IN ORLANDO
Gregg Pollack

Obama’s Stimulus in Orlando
with Gregg Pollack
Wednesday, March 4, 2009

John Maynard Keynes
“Failure of effective demand”

+ =“The New Deal”

Gov’t spending
Economy =
Taxes
Gov’t spending
Economy =
Taxes

1970 = High Unemployment
+
=
Higher Unemployment

Economy = Interest Rates
(encourages banks to borrow more and invest more)
Economy = Interest Rates
(discourages banks to borrow more and invest more)

December 16, 2008
0% Interest Rate

15 Trillion
Economy should be producing
14 Trillion
Economy is only producing
1 Trillion
What we’re missing

15 Trillion
Economy should be producing
14 Trillion
Economy is only producing
1 Trillion
What we’re missing
= 1.5
1

667 Billion
787 Billion

http://www.StimulusWatch.com

OAUTH IN 300 SECONDS
Tim Rosenblatt

OAuth in 300 seconds
aaannd.... go

Not convinced?

Addons

Why aren’t more
people using OAuth?
• They’re too busy testing all the f-ing time?
• Giant Robots were smashing into Other
Giant Robots, and landed on their house.
• Trying to duplicate DHH’s hairstyle takes a
lot of work.

NERDAPALOOZA
John Hex Carter

Nerdapalooza
The Nerd Music Revolution

what is nerdapalooza?
Nerd Music Concert

Series
An annual event

where nerds
congregate to
celebrate their
music and culture

what is nerd music?
Music made by and for

nerds
Music that celebrates

nerd culture and ideals
More clever than

most...
For examples...


Nerdcore hip-hop
Nerdy rap

The fusion of the opposing

forces of the hip-hop and
nerd cultures
mc chris

MC Lars

MC Frontalot

Emergency Pizza Party


chiptunes
“Gameboy Techno”

Electronic music

utilizing old-school
technology
Pixelh8

Anamanaguchi

Depreciation Guild

Jay Tholen


Wizard rock
Music about Harry

Potter
Supporting literature

in music
Harry and the Potters

Draco and the Malfoys

The House of Black


Video game inspired music
Covering and

Reinventing Video
Game Music
Music inspired by

video games
The Minibosses

The OneUps

Select Start


Everything else
Nerdy & Unique

Uncle

Monsterf
a
ce (sock puppet rock)‫‏‬
Killer Robots

(gia
n
t robot costume rock)‫‏‬
Captain Dan & the Scurvy Crew

(aut

Bringing nerd culture together

History of nerdapalooza I
Founded by me!!

March 23, 2007

Meant to be in

California...
But played it down

Still had Pixelh8!

Nerdapalooza “Beta”


History of nerdapalooza ii
Quickly spread to

Florida and the UK!
Nerdapalooz

a
Southeast (Aug 2007)‫‏‬
Nerdap

a
looza UK (June 2008)‫‏‬
Pics from both shows


Nerdapalooza 2008
July 4th & 5th, 2008

Taste :: Orlando, FL

MC Frontalot

Harry & the Potters

Exclusive Pixelh8 video

International artists

MisterB & Wordburglar

Nerdapalooza 2008
Over 300 attendees

Over 30 artists

Featured in Blender

Magazine
Raised $2000+ for our

Charity

sponsors
A Comic Shop

EMPulse Records

Troma Entertainment

Zombie Duck

Car Ninja

Private Donations


Coalitions :: a comic shop
Built a strong

coalition with local
sponsor A Comic
Shop
Pre-Party hosted at

the shop
Felt a boom of

customers during
and after the show

Coalitions :: talk nerdy to me
Local radio show on

91.5 WPRK
Working with them, I'm

the music director
Promote one another

Get nerd music and

Nerdapalooza exposure
Wed 9 – 11 PM :D


Nerdapalooza 2009
My favorite part

is that he lost
his glasses, so
he can only
make a rough
estimation as to
when he'll hit
the ground.

Nerdapalooza is...

Special thanks
Genoboost and GM4A

Z. and Hipster, Please!

EMPulse Records

Weird Al

MC Lars

Nintendo & Sega

Freezepop

Pixelh8


credits
John “hex” Carter made this

For more information go to

nerdapaloozafest.com
hex@nerdapaloozafest.com

for a copy of this slideshow or
images
Feel free to talk to me, too

^_^

OPENID VS. FACEBOOK CONNECT VS.
GOOGLE FRIEND CONNECT
Derek Gallo Eden

OpenID vs.
Facebook Connect vs.
Friend Connect
What’s The Difference?
Derek Gallo
http://nfistudios.com

The Problem
People are getting sick of registering and re-
declaring their friends on every site.
Developing \"Social Applications\" is too much
work.

Identity Federation
The assembled identity, of a person's user
information across multiple systems

Social Graph
The interconnections among people, groups
and organizations in a social network

OpenID
OpenID is a free and easy way to use
a single digital identity across the
Internet.
Users are identified by a URL at a
provider
(ex: http://derekgallo.myopenid.com)
Users are directed to their provider
to identify themselves and then
returned back.

OpenID Pros
Open Source!
Multiple Providers (Yahoo, AOL, Google, ...)
No Central Control of User Data
Largest Pool of Users(kinda).
Possibilities limited by developer imagination

OpenID Cons
Requires application development to utilize
(although it is a standard)
Only addresses Authentication although can
be combined with other standards
(Social Graph API, Portable Contacts,
OpenID Attribute Exchange)
Most non-technical users are unaware of it or
don’t understand it.

The Open Stack

Facebook Connect
Allows users to login to sites
using their familiar Facebook
credentials.
Allows sites to import users’
data from Facebook profile.
Sites can add items to users’
feed on Facebook

Facebook Pros
Already richly populated with data.
HUGE, self aware user base.
Familiar and usable for end-users
Quickly being adopted by many sites
(thus adding to its familiarity)

Facebook Cons
Proprietary
Requires application development to utilize
New custom markup to learn
Limited to what Facebook implements.
Single provider of identity

Google
FriendConnect
Javascript “Gadgets” that are placed
on your site to add social functionality
Small but growing selection of gadgets
becoming available from the
OpenSocial community
Actually uses OpenID

FriendConnect Pros
Super Simple to setup
Register your site and paste some javascript
code.
Select social features you want (friends, wall,
etc.)
Growing gadget base
Easy for non-developers to implement

FriendConnect Cons
Interaction is sandboxed behind Google’s
widget code
No way for developers to get access to the
user’s data for incorporation in their site
So far appears to be very “widgety”

Which One Should I
Use?
Examine your site’s needs
and target audience.
Are your visitors more
technical?
Will most of them be on
Facebook?
Do you need access to the
users’ data to act upon it?

Which One Should I
Use?
OpenID if you:
Want to comply with emerging standards.
Want to support several sources of identity
Have technical resources to implement.

Which One Should I
Use?
Facebook Connect if you:
Want simple brand familiarity for general
end users.
Want to promote actions on your site to a
huge user base.
Want to easily get data about a user from
one protocol
Have technical resources to implement

Which One Should I
Use?
Google Friend Connect if you:
Don’t need ready access to work with the
user data.
Want to quickly add fun widgets to your
site or blog.
Don’t have technical resources to
implement.

Which One Should I
Use?
You don’t have to pick!
You can use more than one.
JanRain’s RPX - Integrates with all
https://rpxnow.com/

Who Will Win?
Nobody will “win”
Facebook Connect will and is gaining quick
adoption
The Open Stack may gain more support long
term due to developers backing

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
Eric Marden Eden

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
how twitter became a new communication medium

what is it?

twitter’s impact

asynchronous attention

unforced reciprocity

ambient awareness

instant crowd sourcing

geo-coded notifications

social news filter

citizen journalism

micro-blogging

for the lolz

real people

pseudo people

from the mundane

to the magnificent

twitter as a platform

pipe your messages

its not over yet

thank you!
txt “follow xentek” to 40404

MY SOCIAL MEDIA ROADTRIP
Mark Krupinski

My Social Media Roundtrip 
Knowledge
Networking
Community
= Priceless!
Mark Krupinski 2009

Travel Day
Mark Krupinski 2009

Vanessa & Sarunas
facebook: the gateway drug to social media…
Mark Krupinski 2009

BarCamp Miami “Business”
Mark Krupinski 2009

BarCamp Miami “Wow”
800 Plus?
Mark Krupinski 2009

BarCamp Miami “Fun”
SOFLA
Mark Krupinski 2009

WordCamp Miami
Kevin Markes
WordPress SEO
Only Room w/ AC
Mark Krupinski 2009

BarCamp Miami After Party
Mark Krupinski 2009

Refresh Miami Geek Dinner
Mark Krupinski 2009

Hotel Check-in
Mark Krupinski 2009

FOWA Miami Morning Workshop
Mark Krupinski 2009

FOWA Miami Afternoon Workshop
Mark Krupinski 2009

SMC South Florida Mixer
Mark Krupinski 2009

FOWA Miami “Business”
Mark Krupinski 2009

FOWA Miami “Wow”
Mark Krupinski 2009

FOWA Miami “Fun”
Mark Krupinski 2009

Impromptu Tweetup
“Eddie” from
Casablanca
Mark Krupinski 2009

FOWA Miami After Party
Mark Krupinski 2009

Mark’s Key Takeaways
Community wise, anything is possible
Increasing velocity
I love the web industry
Mark Krupinski 2009

…Cheers!
Mark Krupinski 2009

FREELANCE IN THE NEW ECONOMY
Cory Collier

Freelance In The New Economy
By me.
(with a lot of help from freelanceswitch.com)

Prioritize Clients
Not all clients are created equal. Because of this,
you should not spend equal time and resources
for each of your clients

Evaluate Current Clients
Make a list of the pros / cons of your clients

Figure out who is awesome
Clients that are
Stable

Pay on time

Pay well

Have potential for new work


Figure out who sucks
Clients that :
Don't pay

Unstable

Morally objectionable


Keep one main client
Of your awesome clients, pick one that's most
stable, and try to make it at least a simple
majority of your work (50.1%).

Have an interesting client
Everyone likes something other than work. Find a
client that's doing work that you'd like to do if you
weren't a freelancer.
If you like comic books, get a comic book client.

Find New Clients
After you've figured out who the clients are that you
want to keep, you'll probably need to figure out
where new work is coming in from.

Old Skool Networking
Facebook is cool, but the bar is better.

U Need Communication Skillz
When you're at the bar, shut-up. If someone is
talking to you, they want to talk _to_ you. Don't
interrupt people.
Be polite.
Be friendly.
Be geniune.

Use CoLab
There's this awesome place to get work /
opportunity.
Use it.

When it's time to work, do it
Don't even look
at your XBox
bad

Don't Be Flaky
If the work starts to suck, don't flake out.
Remember that it sucked, and don't get more
work like that. Don't ever bitch out.

Figure out what makes you
productive, and get more of that in
your work life

“Hustle”
It's true.

Save Money.
If you're making good
money, stock some
away.
Eventually, money will dry
up.
Cash flow problems is the
number 1 killer of
businesses

Don't wait for government
Politics aside, nobody is
going to save you.
Don't be a victim of
circumstance.
You're an entrepreneur

Don't burn out!!!

Find what inspires you, and get more
of that.
Inspiration is work, what gasoline is to cars

Get more info (Google it)
Don't listen to me. I don't know what I'm doing.

MAKE PROJECT
Tyler Hunt

Beam Bridge

Arch Bridge

Truss Bridge

Suspension
Bridge

Cantilever Bridge

Cable-Stayed
Bridge